WALKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does walking mean? 

• WALKING (noun)
  The noun WALKING has 1 sense:

1. the act of traveling by foot

  Familiarity information: WALKING used as a noun is very rare.

• WALKING (adjective)
  The adjective WALKING has 1 sense:

1. close enough to be walked to

  Familiarity information: WALKING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WALKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of traveling by foot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

walk; walking

Context example:

walking is a healthy form of exercise

Hypernyms ("walking" is a kind of...):

locomotion; travel (self-propelled movement)

Meronyms (parts of "walking"):

pace; stride; tread (a step in walking or running)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "walking"):

ambulation (walking about)

noctambulation; noctambulism; sleepwalking; somnambulation; somnambulism (walking by a person who is asleep)

gait (a person's manner of walking)

march; marching (the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind))

plod; plodding (the act of walking with a slow heavy gait)

prowl (the act of prowling (walking about in a stealthy manner))

shamble; shambling; shuffle; shuffling (walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet)

wading (walking with your feet in shallow water)

Derivation:

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

• WALKING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Close enough to be walked to

Synonyms:

walk-to; walking

Context example:

the factory with the big parking lot...is more convenient than the walk-to factory

Similar:

close (at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other)

 Context examples 

“Do you think we are walking four miles an hour?”

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

A response indicating that an individual has or had no problems walking.

(No Problems Walking, NCI Thesaurus)

And for me to be afraid of walking alone!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

This affects basic activities such as speaking, walking, breathing, and swallowing.

(Motor neuron disease, NCI Dictionary)

Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis (FAMS) Mobility: I have trouble walking.

(FAMS - I Have Trouble Walking, NCI Thesaurus)

A pattern or manner of running, walking, or moving on foot.

(Gait, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding referring to walking difficulties.

(Gait Disturbance, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by walking difficulties.

(Gait Disturbance, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

It was towards noon when I was awakened by the Professor walking into my room.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Never came out, till last night! We were walking last night, and he came up behind her again, and I knew him again.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)